Do GDP figures include black market goods (California, Hawaii, Thailand...)?posted by ZenMasterThis at 12:02 PM on January 16, 2007

For some reason that label of Canada on the state of Texas looks oddly appealing. Y'all are now on notice: Don't mess with us!posted by Turtles all the way down at 12:09 PM on January 16, 2007

Cool, but I think this would have been more interesting if country names had been substituted that matched the states' primary sources of revenue.posted by rachelpapers at 12:09 PM on January 16, 2007

that last link is the dumbest thing i've read today that wasn't a MeTa thread.posted by StrasbourgSecaucus at 12:42 PM on January 16, 2007

Sixth, eighth... like it was a big difference. California has a GDP more than twice that of the nations in the Top 11-20. It's rather obscene as it is, sixth or eighth.posted by linux at 12:43 PM on January 16, 2007 [1 favorite]

Hahaha friggen Vietnam. Aw.

I think when the US loses its position as a superpower, this is how we should divy the country up.posted by CitrusFreak12 at 12:45 PM on January 16, 2007

I wanted to speak on behalf of my country and say in my (our) best Ralph Wiggum voice "I'm Idaho!" Instead I (we) get Nevada. Could be worse I guess!posted by TwoWordReview at 12:48 PM on January 16, 2007

Now everyone will know about my state's secret trade in fine diamonds.posted by drezdn at 12:55 PM on January 16, 2007

(Embarassing confession: I didn't know the exact locations of all the states in USA and recently started playing that simple online game, placing states in their correct USA places to learn. It helped me recognise that Czech Republic was where Nebraska is, Chile is Mississippi and Denmark = Indiana etc.)posted by nickyskye at 3:07 PM on January 16, 2007

In any case, it wouldn't surprise me to see that a diverse and industrial-to-post-industrial economy would outperform a barely industrial economy largely based on the sale of a single natural resource.

I'm also not surprised Utah's rough analog might be Peru (although with 1/10th the population, our per-capita GDP would obviously be much higher).posted by weston at 3:38 PM on January 16, 2007

TN looks to be mostly manufacturing, with a fairly large chunk of the transportation equipment sector. (7th in the nation for that category.) Mostly concentrated in urban areas.posted by KirkJobSluder at 4:10 PM on January 16, 2007

What states have been substituted with Bangladesh and Malaysia?posted by divabat at 5:14 PM on January 16, 2007

And actually, most of the states east of the Mississippi get the majority of their GSP from industry of various sorts. Although you drive through miles and miles of agriculture, most of the jobs and income are going to be in and around the factory cities or towns.posted by KirkJobSluder at 5:23 PM on January 16, 2007

Nigeria=Hawaii is the most shocking to me.

Nigeria is sub-Saharan Africa's biggest economy after South Africa,
but 40 US states have bigger economies than Hawaii.posted by Turtle at 5:26 PM on January 16, 2007

Turtle, Thanks for the info about the origin of the map. pointing out the additional info and for prompting me to learn what PPP is in relation to the GDP.posted by nickyskye at 8:51 PM on January 16, 2007

According to this article, California's Cannabis sativa crop is worth $13.8 billion, raising the published GDP by 9%. That's an increase of 2 spots on the top 10 list.

Yes, ikkyu2, my bad. My baddy bad. I'd hate hate hate if it happened to me. I was researching only the California angle when I discovered the map; it was so... so shiny...posted by wendell at 12:17 AM on January 17, 2007

No worries; appeared to me you'd probably missed the attribution. It was in like 4 point font on an all-Norwegian web page.

I can't find where the York Group has it on their site, either.posted by ikkyu2 at 12:24 AM on January 17, 2007

ikkyu2, were you high when you wrote that? California's GDP is $1,500 billion. Pot adds less than 1% to its output. The best way for California to pass Italy again is for the euro to drop against the dollar.posted by Turtle at 4:43 AM on January 17, 2007

No, not high, just misplaced a decimal point. Should've been 0.9%.posted by ikkyu2 at 1:07 PM on January 17, 2007

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